KAREN SUE RHEA, AGE 64, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON OCTOBER 13, 2013. BORN IN DEHUE, WEST VIRGINIA FEBRARY 19, 1949. SHE LIVED IN DAYTON, OHIO FROM 1963 UNTIL 1992 WHEN SHE MOVED TO TENNESSEE. SHE WAS A 1966 GRADUATE OF BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL, DAYTON, OHIO. KAREN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JASPER AND ERSIE LYCANS. KAREN LOVED GOING TO CHURCH AND LISTENING TO GOSPEL MUSIC, BUT HER FAVORITE THING TO DO WAS SPEND TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CHARLES; HER DAUGHTER, JAMIE GOODMAN AND HUSBAND, GREG OF ANDERSONVILLE; SON, DANNY KEPLER AND SPOUSE, STEPHANIE OF FRANKLIN, OH; DAUGHTER, TAMMY MOORE; AND SPECIAL GRANDSON, BRYAN WATSON WHO SHE CARED FOR SINCE A VERY YOUNG AGE; GRANDSONS, GUNNER AND T.J KEPLER; AND NICK MOORE; GRANDDAUGHTERS, KELSEY GOODMAN, TAYLOR GOODMAN, AND JORDAN MOORE. ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHERS, JERRY LYCANS OF HILLSBORO,OH; LARRY LYCANS OF HILLSBORO, OHIO; JAY LYCANS AND WIFE, JITSY OF KETTERING, OH; ROGER LYCANS AND WIFE, CHERI OF KETTERING, OH; SISTERS, CAROL MORRIS AND HUSBAND, CHARLES OF HILLSBORO, OH; EILEEN SUTTON AND HUSBAND, ROGER OF CARLISLE, OH. SPECIAL FRIENDS MIKE GILBERT, SHIRLEY AND VICKI WATKINS. SPECIAL THANKS TO FRANK AND PATTY BOUTON, THE SEIBER FAMILY AND SPECIAL SISTER IN LAW SHARI RHEA.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE HOLLEY-GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME IN LAKE CITY ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 FROM 6-8PM WITH THE FUNERAL SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 8:00PM WITH THE REV. DAVID SEIBER OFFICIATING. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL MEET AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 AT 12:30PM AND GO IN FUNERAL PROCESSION TO THE FOUST CEMETERY FOR A 1:00PM INTERMENT.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO INDIAN BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND, P.O. Box 249, BRICEVILLE, TN 37710 OR NORRIS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, P.O BOX 340, NORRIS, TN 37828. WWW.HOLLEYGAMBLEFH.COM